From: Zac Dover <zac.dover@proton.me>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:36:16 +0000 (+1000)
Subject: doc/glossary: add "object storage"
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doc/glossary: add "object storage"

Add a (very basic) definition of object storage.

Signed-off-by: Zac Dover <zac.dover@proton.me>
(cherry picked from commit 43057b88538e868b817acb04d5e6c4e95b4c716e)
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diff --git a/doc/glossary.rst b/doc/glossary.rst
index 317c8f88207..631b7b532a6 100644
--- a/doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/doc/glossary.rst
@@ -320,6 +320,12 @@
 	Node
                 See :term:`Ceph Node`.
 
+	Object Storage
+                Object storage is one of three kinds of storage relevant to
+                Ceph. The other two kinds of storage relevant to Ceph are file
+                storage and block storage. Object storage is the category of
+                storage most fundamental to Ceph.
+
 	Object Storage Device
                 See :term:`OSD`.